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5 Best Online Language Translation Tools
Many people are not
fond of using machine translators and some even view them as completely useless
items that aim at avoiding the cost of hiring quality human translation. There
are even those who argue that online language translation tools have taken away
employment opportunities previously reserved for real translators. While the
tools can be regarded as intuition less, insensitive and impersonal, the truth
is that people use them on a daily basis.
Google translate
Yahoo Babel Fish
SDL Free translation
WorldLingo
WorldLingo is basically a free online translation tool which is used for translations of several sections of text or even complete WebPages. According to recent statistics, the accuracy of this tool was rated to fall between 70 and 75 percent and thus making it highly reliable. At the least, WorldLingo assures an accuracy of 60 percent that is well above the acceptable average. It also supports a range of languages including English, Traditional and simplified Chinese, French, Dutch, Italian, Greek, Korean, Japanese, Spanish and Russian and a few more languages. It also offers an option of selecting the field of your document such as General, Technical and Legal for more focused results.
Bing translator
Most people who have interacted with Bing translator rate it as the best after Google translator. This program is generally good but should obviously not be trusted for professional translations. Since the Bing translator lags quite a lot when it comes to updating its algorithms, you can expect strange translations at times when using this tool. Nevertheless, Bing translator is capable of recognizing languages automatically and it were not for the awkward translations it delivers from time to time, there is no doubt that it features on the list of 5 best online language translation tools.